"Salsa is a formula, merengue is a formula. Nueva Cancion is a formula," says Roy Brown, the feisty Independentista whose music has often been labeled Nueva Cancion. "They create these marshmallow fillings in people. You write a song like that, you get on the radio. We refuse to fit into that...
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"Salsa is a formula, merengue is a formula. Nueva Cancion is a formula," says Roy Brown, the feisty Independentista whose music has often been labeled Nueva Cancion. "They create these marshmallow fillings in people. You write a song like that, you get on the radio. We refuse to fit into that formula. "
Brown's topics include Puerto Rican independence, struggles in South Africa and Palestine, love and relationships, the environment...and settings for the great Spanish-language poets: Lorca, Neruda--and Puerto Rican poets such as Juan Antonio Corretjer. "His poetry is very musical. You read his poetry and you feel you know Puerto Rico better."
Brown's latest recording, 'Bohemia' is a series of duets with Zoraida Santiago.
"I have a route that I decided I would follow when I was young, and I continue that road. And my songs still have a direction."
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